Butler v. Parks

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Butler v. Parks

1 Va. 99

DecidedApril 15, 1792

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Butler v. Parks, 1 Va. 99 (Va. Ct. App. 1792).

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By the Court.

The judgment of the County Court is certainly erroneous, in not finding the whole issue. The jury should have found that the defendant did, or did not, detain the fifth slave. This is exactly like the case of Custice v. Posey in the old General Court % which was an action of deúnue for three cows, and the jury ¡having only found a verdict as to two, the verdict was set aside. But the judgment of the District Court in this case is also erroneous, in not awarding a Venire facias de novo.

Both judgments therefore must be reversed, and ¿he cause remanded to the County Court, to be tried anew.

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By the Court.

The judgment of the County Court is certainly erroneous, in not finding the whole issue. The jury should have found that the defendant did, or did not, detain the fifth slave. This is exactly like the case of Custice v. Posey in the old General Court % which was an action of deúnue for three cows, and the jury ¡having only found a verdict as to two, the verdict was set aside. But the judgment of the District Court in this case is also erroneous, in not awarding a Venire facias de novo.

Both judgments therefore must be reversed, and ¿he cause remanded to the County Court, to be tried anew.

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1 Va. 99, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/butler-v-parks-vactapp-1792.